Waloryzacja środowiska geograficznego nadleśnictwa Rymanów pod kątem atrakcyjności turystycznej

A sudden increase in various tourism forms in Poland in the second half of the twentieth century brought development of natural environment evaluation methods for tourist purposes. Natural and cultural environment values and slight anthropogenic transformations of the Forestry Rymanów created tourists’ interest in this region. The paper presents the scope and ways of evaluating individual components of the natural environment in connection with historical and political changes. Evaluating criteria have been adapted to 9 individual categories (Kucina, 2004), and have been evaluated on a zero-five point scale. The final effect of this work was to calculate the index of tourist attractiveness (Wa) or correct tourism management. The value of the Wa index for the Forestry Rymanów is high –0,8076. This reflects very good ecosystem services to the well-being and health of the incoming people.